New York: The Indian pair of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi were knocked out of the US Open after they lost their quarter-final match to Poland's Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in straight sets. The sixth seeded Polish duo won by 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) margin in an hour and 43 minutes against the fourth seeded Indian pair. Leander will however pair up with Elena Vesnina later in the day to...
11:06 PM, Sep 08, 2011
New York: The U.S. Open was washed out for the second day in a row on Wednesday, leaving organizers scrambling to clear a backlog and appease players who revolted against conditions on the court. U.S. Tennis Association (USTA) officials reluctantly canceled all six men's single matches, including four fourth-round clashes originally scheduled for the previous day, after just 16 minutes of play in the day session. They left open the...
11:30 AM, Sep 08, 2011
New York: Roger Federer and Andy Roddick have met 22 times overall and in four Grand Slam finals, including a 16-14 fifth set at Wimbledon in 2009. Now they're taking their rivalry to a new venue: Madison Square Garden. Federer and Roddick will play a best-of-three-sets match as part of the annual BNP Paribas Showdown exhibition on March 5, which also will include Maria Sharapova against top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki. Federer...
09:25 AM, Sep 08, 2011
New York: The U.S. Open was in danger of spilling into a third week after play was suspended for the second day in a row on Wednesday due to rain and Rafa Nadal led a player revolt against the "dangerous" conditions. Attempts by organizers to clear the backlog of matches from Tuesday's washout were thwarted when New York's fickle weather turned foul and play was suspended after just 16 minutes...
08:54 AM, Sep 08, 2011
New York: The men's matches at the US Open have been postponed because of rain. Tournament officials were still hoping to get in four women's quarterfinals on Wednesday. After all matches were postponed on Tuesday, the year's final Grand Slam got in just 15 minutes of tennis on Wednesday before wet weather hit again. Three men's fourth-round matches originally scheduled for Tuesday started Wednesday afternoon following a 90-minute rain delay,...
09:15 PM, Sep 07, 2011
New Delhi: Sania Mirza may not be able to play in the rest of the season in the WTA circuit as the Indian tennis star has been advised rest for six weeks after suffering a knee injury during her women's doubles third-round defeat at the US Open. Sania has been diagnosed with a ruptured left knee miniscus and has been initially advised a minimum six-weeks rest by a specialist, who...
04:02 PM, Sep 07, 2011
New York: Mother Nature has not been kind to the 2011 U.S. Open, the last grand slam of the year. On the eve of the tournament, New York was battered by Hurricane Irene and now the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee are drenching the eastern seaboard and threatening to ruin the second and final week of action. For the world's best players, the next few days shape as a race...
08:45 AM, Sep 07, 2011
New York: Rain washed out the entire ninth day of the US Open on Tuesday, leaving organisers with a backlog of matches and the forecast of more bad weather in the next few days. Persistent showers delayed the start of play at Flushing Meadows for almost three hours and the prediction of more storms convinced tournament officials to cancel the whole day. "The latest forecast indicates worsening conditions with no...
12:17 AM, Sep 07, 2011
New York: Roger Federer was left waiting until almost midnight to start his US Open fourth-round match on Monday, but made up for the delay with a brutal 6-1, 6-2, 6-0 win over 36th-ranked Argentine Juan Monaco to reach the quarter-finals. The start of their match was delayed because the preceding match in Arthur Ashe Stadium - No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki's 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-1 victory over No. 15 Svetlana...
11:41 AM, Sep 06, 2011
New York: Rafael Nadal was back at practice on Monday, the day after a bout with leg cramps interrupted his post-match news conference at the US Open. In a scary scene during interviews following his win on Sunday, Nadal started grimacing and slipped out of his chair while calling for a trainer. After receiving brief treatment, he was smiling, saying it was nothing more than leg cramps. Earlier, Nadal overcame...
10:45 AM, Sep 06, 2011
New York: Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki came back from a set and a break down on Monday to beat Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-1 in a US Open match that lasted 3 hours, 2 minutes. With Roger Federer and Juan Monaco waiting for the women's match to end before they could start theirs, Wozniacki capitalized on her fifth match point at 11:29 PM local time. She plays No. 10 Andrea...
10:23 AM, Sep 06, 2011
New Delhi: Fourth seeds Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi got the better of Somdev Devvarman and his Filipino partner Treat Conrad Huey in straight sets to advance to the quarter-finals of the mens doubles event at the 2011 US Open on Monday. The fourth seeded Indian pair prevailed over Somdev and Treat 6-4, 7-5 in a pre-quarter-final clash that lasted for an hour and 32 minutes. The Indian Express will...
03:35 AM, Sep 06, 2011
New York: Novak Djokovic opened his third-round match with a thrilling 16-14 first-set tiebreaker over No 22 Alexandr Dolgopolov and things got easier from there in a 7-6 (14), 6-4, 6-2 victory at the US Open on Monday. Djokovic, who racked up his 61st win in 63 matches this year, will face fellow Serb Janko Tipsarevic in the quarterfinals as he seeks his first title at Flushing Meadows. "This is...
02:21 AM, Sep 06, 2011
New Delhi: Unfortunately the bottom half of the men's doubles draw at this year's US Open have all the Indians stacked up against each other, because of which the number four seeds, Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi will be clashing swords with Davis Cup teammate Somdev Devvarman and his Filipino partner Treat Conrad Huey in the third round on Monday. However, with the Bryan brothers (Mike and Bob) out of...
04:16 PM, Sep 05, 2011
New York: Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi continued their fine form as they advanced to the men's doubles quarterfinal even as Sania Mirza made her exit from the women's doubles competition with a third-round loss in the US Open here. Bopanna and Qureshi, seeded fifth, defeated Australian Paul Hanley and his Belgian partner Dick Norman 6-2 6-3 in a contest lasting a little over an hour. They...
11:02 AM, Sep 05, 2011
New York: Rafael Nadal had a relatively comfortable time on court but a frightening and painful one off it at the U.S. Open on Sunday, collapsing in agony during his post-match press conference. The No.2 seed beat Argentine veteran David Nalbandian 7-6 (5), 6-1, 7-5 to progress to the round-of-16 but the toil from the match played in muggy conditions caught up to him in the media room. He rolled...
10:24 AM, Sep 05, 2011
New York: Juan Martin Del Potro saw his nine-match U.S. Open winning streak come to an end as the 2009 champion fell 4-6 7-6 6-2 7-6 to France's Gilles Simon in the third round on Sunday at Flushing Meadows. Del Potro, who beat Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer on his way to his first grand slam title at the National Tennis center, missed last year's championship following wrist surgery. The...
10:13 AM, Sep 05, 2011
